Congratulations to the Red Sox for their 6-3 victory over the MFY at The Toilet. What? The Umps screwed up and couldn’t recognize Coco’s clear catch for the 3rd out of the bottom of the 9th to gift wrap the MFY’s 4th run? Normally I’d say that the umps do a great job on a lot of close calls, but when Michael Kay clearly calls it a catch with the naked eye, well, how much exactly was Hank paying the men in blue to give his daddy a birthday present?

Both Beckett and Delcarmen should get special praise in this one. Beckett allowed three in the first but shut down the MFY for the next five, while Delcarmen escaped Okijima’s bases loaded 2-down jam in the 7th by retiring Mr. Madonnna. What’s most impressive though, is how they were both able to pitch to Captain America without getting migraines. I don’t know what Tek was thinking wearing a chest protector and knee pads that were designed either by an 85 year old couple living in Boca or a resident of SF’s Castro district, but no matter what it was hideous. Good thing he only gets to wear that crap once a season when the Sox can ruin’s George’s birthday.

Also, I figured it would be a good time to clear up my Johan Santana references from a couple of the posts involving Jon Lester (who will henceforth be known on Dirty Watah as Jon Lestah). After a long conversation with commentator “Met Fan,” she believed that the references were made as a dig at Santana. However, that isn’t correct at all.

Santana, as we all know, has been the best left handed pitcher in baseball over the past couple of years. And lately, Jon Lestah has been turning into one of the premier southpaws in the league. But to become one of the best pitchers, you need to be compared to THE best. So really, it’s not a knock on Santana, just showing how improved Lestah has been this season.

Happy 4th everyone.